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"I'm a Mom too!" - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States

Creator:

Everson, Courtney L.

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This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive portrayal of doula care in the lives of pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between psychosocial stress, social support, institutionalized constraints, and their impacts on health and well-being among adolescent mothers in the Northwestern...

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Dissertation

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, and Lisa Rignell who provided mentorship and collegiality as fellow doulas serving adolescent
Subsistence Harvest Diversity in Alaskan Food Sharing Networks

Creator:

Scaggs, Shane A.

Abstract:

Two striking characteristics of human beings are the diversity of resources that we use to sustain our lives and the extent to which we engage in coordinated, collective efforts to obtain and consume these resources. Together, these two characteristics are the foundation of human subsistence patterns. In many remote Alaskan...

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Masters Thesis
Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

Creator:

Marshall, Lindsay J.

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In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and...

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Masters Thesis